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How to Connect the Words in Early First Grade
In the late 90s there was a report commissioned by Congress called the National Reading Panel. People who want to become teachers go to teacher preparation programs and they are not taught very much about how to teach reading, she says. What has happened is some very influential people have taken these ideas and made them very popular in schools,. She argues that this de-emphasizes phonics without recognizing it.